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• Background Note | HBS Case Collection | September 2017 (Revised August 2019)

  Production Processes

  Willy Shih and Michael W. Toffel

  This note describes four broad categories of process architectures and then examines the nature of task assignment that typically would be found in a factory organized along the lines of each process type. It then delves more deeply into work flow policies, materials handling, and line pacing for the assembly line, since this process architecture is so widely used for the mass production of everything from smartphones to automobiles.

  Keywords: production; Production management; Production Planning; Production scheduling; process analysis; Process Maps; Processing times; process improvement; Production; Management; Product; Consumer Products Industry;

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  Shih, Willy, and Michael W. Toffel. "Production Processes." Harvard Business School Background Note 618-023, September 2017. (Revised August 2019.)  View Details

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• Teaching Note | HBS Case Collection | August 2019

  MoviePass

  Willy C. Shih

  This case looks at MoviePass, a matching platform designed to encourage more theatrical movie-going. The purpose is to examine the assumptions underpinning the company's business model and consider the benefits of discovery-driven planning.

  Keywords: Business Model; Resource Allocation; Two-Sided Platforms; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States;

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  Shih, Willy C. "MoviePass." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 620-023, August 2019.  View Details

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• Module Note | October 2018 (Revised August 2019)

  Supply Chain Management

  Willy C. Shih

  This note on supply chain management provides background for the seven class supply chain module in the Technology & Operations Management required curriculum course taught at the Harvard Business School. This module includes four broad topics: sourcing and supply chain structure, supply chain coordination, coping with uncertain demand, and supply chain visibility.

  Keywords: supply chain information; Supply ＆ demand; supply chain industries; Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; United States; Asia; Europe; Japan; China;

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  Shih, Willy C. "Supply Chain Management." Harvard Business School Module Note 619-023, October 2018. (Revised August 2019.)  View Details

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